New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-02
rgNvoy AND THE CENTRAL ROAD.
PRESIDENT RICHMoND's BITTER PILL
rHAIJNCEY NJ. DEPEW'S EULOGY.

.n,Yv Nav lie We are witnessing curious
snectaclo tonight" said gentleman won acqualhVe0
,tb the pubc men and affairs Of this state Tor twenty
n, txenty-fve years past, o. he sat IN the ASSEMBLY,
,ohe, aud,ence on wednesday night waiting to hear
Chauncey NJ Depews memorial Grafton on Keueoh -
Fcnton GIn all his political and Official LIE fon'o
mad no severer conflict than that which the Nc"
Central Railroad precpitated upon MIN py i -. =
1norease the rate of fare to two cents anu n y
mile. Dean Richmond, who was president OF ,n' roa va.
a, that time brought TO bear for this Bill al Tue i
ence he could exert through the large business 'i- -
ai.cal interests no controlled. Besiaes Dehs ~ UA
head of the Central Railroad COMPANY DO va" WV n :
litical head Of the Democratic parry Ill 'ni' 0 -
o.. IN, heca, tho foremost measure OF the SESSION at
which Il was raised From the time IL was 'nO =,
n was followed from day to day closer Un"l any m
-. 10 lean followed at Albany. The popniou oouii-
49,, throueb which the Central Road runs was III arms
gaf5t IL vet it was got through both houses oy ono
means and another A.. ,,,.hnord
awhile 1t was ON Its passage Pesiueh' iN0nu0
so,ght by every means he could employ u so' ,io"
CvorDor Fenon an expression TO what he Wouio 40
~, =. :, =. ,s,ached him. The Governor as art
,l in marrying these attempts TO commit him as the
nnorters of the bill were persistent In plying him.
Nv sorne means Richmond got it into MS mead 1nae
tho Governor would sign the BILL lie propapiy ms
interpreted Mr. Fentons diplomatic replies 10 inquiries
about his attitude for the bill was vetoed ana hlcn
mOQd "a sOrcly QlsappOIutcu AA0 A~'N~ -
gave Governor tenton for having, as no always Do
s,eved led him OH 10 greater outlay Of energy and
money TO get tho bill passed than he would have vent
ured upon he had not supposed 1t would DO sieneu'
Dr. Julien 7. Williams, formerly member oil Assem-
by from Chautuqua County, tells how he was pressed
into tho service of Richmond 10 persuade Governor
Fcnton " sign this bill Richmond had o%ca lei
tho aid Of all the Republican politicians In Mr. Fen
toms end of the state "To leave no string unp1Iod
saws DR. Williams, "he telegraphed me at DuhurA 10
como TO Albany. When goJ hero toid idcnnonu
4 would not my advantage as nelgnpor anu anu pv
ltca friend of the Governor TO unduly urse MN y
sign the bil but had no objection W -,
possible, the Governors atUtuoe on lhe supJccs W.
case il should pass After had looked over the ground
about the fare bill 1 found that he was awake 70
every Of the and that he UNDERSTOOD Dot
Ter than did the torceful public sentiment that existed
against the measure i told him frankly how lar l
had consented TO 90 in the matter and SAID TO HIN lhlt
If no had up his mind irrevOcaby 10 veto the o
would go back homo ana have nothing 10 do with
it, Mr. FentOn stroKed his beard slowly for minute
and then replied sDr Williams. think perhaps you
might as well 20 home That was enough for me
called on Dean Richmond at tho Delavan HoIse ana
advised him it wasn't worth while for him to put any
more effort into that BILL He didn't take my advice,
however, but no afterward told me ! was The only
Chautauqua County man who had haa any lhlhs 10 10
with tho faro bill that told him the truth"
From tho time when Governor Fenton incurred the
deep dspeasure Of Dean Richmond by vetolng his fare
BILL tho presidency of the Central road has passed sue
oessively from Richmond to Henry Keep, 10 Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, to william H. Vanderbilt, TO James
H. Rutter, to -Chaunoey NJ. Depew who becomes the
euIogist of Governor FentOn. Between Richmond and
Depew no president Of that road had the tact TO mix
business with politics. Henry Keep was shnwd
money-maker who had about the
Same position in financial circles relatively
that may be claimed for Richmond and
Depew In politics. The Nandcrbits made no per
eonal impression the politics Of their day. while
Mr Ruttcr's whole thought was concentrated on the
practical management of the Central system Of roads
No one Of the presidents named except Mr. Depew was
capable Of making public speech If Dean Richmond
had been told that the day would come when prcsi-
dent ~ he raj road wOuld make state Grafton
on Governor Fenton, he would have believed the
prophecy little he would have believed pre-
dlcton that that road would for nearly year carry
passengers at cent a mile. II did during its
competition with the West Shore road